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Duane's Prime Steaks & Seafood / 2*

3649 MISSION INN AVE, RIVERSIDE; 909/341-6767

Steps from the Mission Inn's courtyard restaurant (see review, below), its other restaurant, Duane's, is a completely indoor experience. Big chairs, big tables, big paintings, and big portions are the theme here. Arched windows and Rapunzel balconies flank the room, and a wonderful Old West painting of a cavalry skirmish dominates the end wall (look closely, and read the plaque, for the artwork tells a fascinating tale). A classic steak-and-prime-rib eatery, Duane's has become the best place in town to come for a no-holds-barred, let's-start-with-a-Scotch-on-the-rocks kind of meal. Duane's lives on the excellent reputation of its beef, and it doesn't disappoint. Steaks are flash-cooked, leaving the insides tender, rare, and juicy. The wine list is extensive. Although the two kitchen lines are separate, executive chef Gary Palm's two in-hotel restaurants share similar menu themes and have become the standard bearers for Riverside
fine dining, with a harmonious marriage of historic decor and attentive cooking. $$$; AE, DC, DIS, MC, V; no checks; lunch Mon-Fri, dinner every day; full bar; reservations recommended; missioninn.com; exit mission ave off Hwy 91 and go west.

Gay and Larry's / 2*

5556 MISSION BLVD. RIVERSIDE; 909/684-0645

Angelenos escaping to Palm Springs via Highway 60 first fell in love with the Mexican food at Gay and Larry's over 55 years ago. The place has; classic roadhouse feel, complete with dirt parking lot (except for handi capped vehicles) and surrounding tire repair shops and run-down squalid houses. Here the "combination plate" is a steaming, heart-stopping heap of enchiladas, chiles rellenos, tacos, or burritos, with refried beans and rice, all swimming in a pond of brick-red sauce on an oven-heated pewter canoe. Oddly, Gay and Larry's charges for chips—but they're brought with ceremony on a thick crockery plate in your waitress's oven-mitted
paw. Draft beer, 40 ounces of it, costs only a five-spot. $; no credit cards; local checks OK; lunch, dinner every day; beer only; reservations not necessary; from Hwy 60, exit Rubidoux Blvd and go south to Mission Blvd. then left.

Mission Inn Restaurant / 2*

3649 MISSION INN AVE, RIVERSIDE; 909/341-6767

Old-timers in Riverside still call this "the Spanish Dining Room," and they're a little ticked off at the Mission Inn's latest owner for changing the name to something as generic as "Restaurant." But, blessedly, every thing else remains the same. Step into the courtyard and you enter a
Moroccan desert keep. Giant lanterns of cast concrete top—believe it or not—flying buttresses above you. Tier upon tier of windows rise on every side, most arched, many with the Inn's famed "rain cross" bell-symbol motif in leaded glass. In the center, a massive tile fountain guarded by
three Mayan-motif mutant-frog sculptures splashes happily, while the lighted dome of a miniature Vatican seems to float in the gathering darkness at dinnertime. Caesar salad is a perfectly tart and salty start to a hearty meal of lamb shank, osso buco style (it arrives steaming in the night air, with spears of asparagus propped about like green soldiers). A double pork chop with excellent garlic mashed potatoes is almost too much to eat. Prime rib or filet of beef are delicious and tender, while lighter choices such as spinach fettuccine with grilled shrimp, Maui onions, and thyme, or seared salmon with red-wine pasta or opal-basil pasta are equally satisfying. Service is attentive. $$; AE, DC, DIS, MC, V; no checks; breakfast, lunch, dinner every day; full bar; reservations recommended; www.missioninn.com; exit Mission Ave off Hwy 91 and go west.

Table for Two / 2*

3600 CENTRAL AVE, SUITE I, RIVERSIDE; 909/683-3648

This small, sophisticated, and quite immaculate restaurant is located in the kind of building you'd expect to find occupied by an insurance office. Once inside, though, you're surprised by modern, arty decor and the wonderful spicy smells of a Thai kitchen at its best. Dishes are presented
with an artful eye for color here, with sprays of thinly sliced vegetables piled high like pick-up sticks. Big white bistro-style plates turn the food into art, and bookshelves filled with wine bottles line the walls. This brilliant feast for the eye is matched by equally vibrant flavors. An unusual ground chicken and shrimp salad with grilled Japanese eggplant, onion, and green onion is bathed in a light vinegar dressing. Salads are reminiscent of flower arrangements. Entrees include stir-fry standards like cashew chicken, but this version is made with a roasted curry paste. Coconut shows up frequently, particularly in the soups and curries that dominate the menu. The neighborhood crowd here includes families, young couples, and retired professors from the nearby university—all loyal devotees of Table for Two's artful creativity. $; MC, V; no checks; lunch, dinner ever day; beer and wine; reservations not necessary; exit Central Ave offHwy 91 and go west.

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